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The Merrie Christmas Show

The Merrie Christmas Show

by Lindsay Price

A group of lively traveling players are at your service as they take you on a spirited adventure through Christmas past and present. They have searched the globe for Christmas stories and songs that will amaze, thrill, and delight children of all ages.

A great play for beginners, The Merrie Christmas Show can be performed with almost any sized cast. Lots of room for audience participation.

Comedy Holiday Student Directors Vignettes Young Audiences
This is a vignette play!

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

Running Time
About 30 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
6 Characters
3 M3 F, Easily Expandable
Set
Simple Set
Length
23 pages
Free Excerpt

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Exemption details for scenes and monologues for competition.

6 Characters
3 M, 3 F, Easily Expandable

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

A troupe of travelling players led by:
Dame Dorothy [F] 32 lines
Robyn Steadfellow [M] 32 lines
King Karl and the Lamprey Pie:
Mary-Ann [F] 32 lines
William [M] 32 lines
King Karl [M] 14 lines
Mother [F] 4 lines
Father [M] 7 lines
Santa [M] 3 lines
Rupert:
Rupert [M]
Singer and Chorus
A Very Special Night:
Katherine [F] 13 lines
Henry [M] 14 lines
Reggie [M] 7 lines
Simon [M] 2 lines
Cat [A] 3 lines
Duck [A] 4 lines
Players to be Wasps, Barn door, Apple trees
Good King Wenceslas:
Wenceslas [M] 4 lines
Page [A] 2 lines

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